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Meyer Shank Racing Visit Lauderdale

Visit Lauderdale Partners with IndyCar’s Meyer Shank Racing

Meyer Shank Racing has announced Visit Lauderdale as the team’s Official Tourism Partner ahead of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season. Through the collaboration, MSR and Visit Lauderdale will promote the Florida destination to IndyCar’s audience, encouraging travelers to visit the area. The 2025 IndyCar season begins with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg […]

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Doug Boles Announced as New President of IndyCar

Doug Boles has been promoted to president of both the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, succeeding Jay Frye, Penske Entertainment announced ahead of the race circuit’s 2025 season, which begins next month. Boles has been president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 2013, including the sellout of the 100th Indianapolis 500, the first full-capacity crowd […]

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Venetian F1 Alpine Car
Race fans take a close look at the Alpine Formula 1 car that was on display in the lobby at the Venetian during race week ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

What to Know When Attending an F1 Race

LAS VEGAS — At the Starbucks inside the lobby of the Venetian, two people wearing Mercedes shirts talk with another wearing McLaren. An Alpine team member types away at a laptop at the opposite end. Fans wearing shirts of Ferrari and Aston Martin stop to take pictures of a 2020 Alpine car parked right in […]

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CAR F1 Dutch GP Ends
Max Verstappen of the Netherlands leads the field after the start of the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix at the Zandvoort racetrack. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Belgian Grand Prix to be Dropped From F1 Schedule in 2028 and 2030

The Belgian Grand Prix will stay on the Formula 1 calendar for four of the next six seasons after a contract extension was agreed that will see the circuit in Spa dropped in 2028 and 2030, allowing either older circuits that have not hosted races or new markets to be added to the worldwide calendar. […]

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F1 US Grand Prix Auto Racing
Alpine driver Pierre Gasly drives during the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix. Gasly qualified third for the race and finished 10th in the overall driver standings at the end of the season. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

What It’s Like to Travel the World in Formula 1 with Alpine

LAS VEGAS — Pierre Gasly settled into his seat in the Alpine F1 hospitality area late on a Wednesday night, made his introductions and got his first question: “Between arriving in Las Vegas, racing on the weekend and then heading to Qatar, then heading to Abu Dhabi …” “You made me tired already,” the driver said […]

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F1 Venetian Alpine Car
A 2020 version of the Alpine F1 car that raced in Formula 1 was on display in the lobby of the Venetian during race week for the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

For Venetian, Alpine F1 Partnership Draws a Crowd

Everybody who walked by gawked at the sight. Plenty stopped to take photos, some trying to touch the focus of everyone’s attention — so much so that a security officer was stationed nearby. It was not the fountain that visitors to the Venetian in Las Vegas saw when they first walked into the lobby area. […]

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Bowman Gray Stadium rendering
A rendering shows what the SAFER barriers and new catch fence will look like at Bowman Gray Stadium. Courtesy of NASCAR

Bowman Gray Stadium Gets New Lighting, Safety Barriers for NASCAR Clash

As Bowman Gray Stadium prepares to host the NASCAR Cup Series Clash on February 1–2, 2025, the city of Winston-Salem and Winston-Salem State University have announced several initiatives to prepare the facility for the return of NASCAR Cup Series to its quarter-mile oval for the first time since 1971. The improvements include a new lighting […]

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Formula 1 Launches Grand Prix Plaza in Las Vegas in 2025

The Las Vegas Grand Prix is moving toward a year-round experience. Race organizers have announced that the Las Vegas Grand Prix Pit Building will become home to the Grand Prix Plaza in partnership with Round Room Live, featuring karting, educational exhibitions, merchandise and more. The plaza is expected to open in the spring of 2025. […]

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Penske Long Beach

Roger Penske Adds Long Beach IndyCar Race to Portfolio

Roger Penske on Thursday added the most prestigious street race in North America to his portfolio with the purchase of the Grand Prix of Long Beach from Gerald R. Forsythe. Penske Entertainment bought the race from Forsythe, who owned half the event with the late Kevin Kalkhoven. Forsythe bought Kalkhoven’s shares earlier this year amid […]

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Colorado St Texas Football
Texas mascot Bevo is led onto the field before the Longhorns' game against Colorado State in Austin on August 31, 2024. Top-ranked Texas hosts No. 5 Georgia on Saturday night. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Formula 1 Grand Prix, Texas-Georgia and College GameDay: A Wild Weekend in Austin

The most exciting Formula 1 points race in years … plus an Eminem concert the night before at the track … being held the same night as one of the biggest football games not only this season but in recent University of Texas history. It’s why there’s a good argument to be made that the […]

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